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Line 1: − *Beginning in the 1930s, the NAACP--under the leadership of African-American attorney Charles Hamilton Houston-- began its assault on the "separate but equal" doctrine announced in Plessy. Houston chose to concentrate his efforts on segregation in public education, where he thought the adverse effects of the enforced racial separation could be most easily demonstrated. [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm]+ − The legal doctrine was overturned in ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' (1954).+ − :In this milestone decision the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. [http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm]+ − − − *[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/sepbutequal.htm Separate But Equal?: The Road to ''Brown'']
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'''Separate but equal''' is a type of racial [[segregation]] in which two races are provided with segregated services which are ideally equal in quality. The doctrine was deemed constitutional in the [[Plessy v. Ferguson]] court case in 1896. The Plessy decision was overturned in 1954 by the Supreme Court decision in [[Brown v. Board of Education]]. <ref>http://www.historicaldocuments.com/BrownvBoardofEducation.htm</ref>
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